16. Criteria to be Considered While Determining Compensation:
(1) The Compensation Fixation Committee shall take the following criteria into consideration while determining compensation for lands to be acquired for
Government of Nepal, Local Bodies, and institutions fully owned by Government of Nepal.
(a) The guidelines issued by Government of Nepal from time to time in respect to the fixation of compensation and,
(b) The losses suffered by the concerned person as a result of his having been required to shift the residence or the place of his/her business by reason of acquisition of the land.
(2) While determining the amount of compensation for land to be acquired for institutions other than Local Bodies, and institutions fully owned by Government of Nepal, the compensation Fixation committee shall take the following criteria into consideration:
(a) The price of the land at the time of the publication of a notice of land acquisition under Section 9,
(b) The Value of the crops, houses, walls, sheds, etc, if any, acquired along with the land,
(c) The losses which the concerned person will suffer as a result of shifting his/her residence, or the place of his/her business, by reason of the acquisition of his/her land